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Cost-of-living protests turn deadly in Iran
SOURCE:France 24 World|BY:FRANCE 24
Protesters and security forces clashed in western Iran for the fifth day in a row on Thursday, with two civilians killed in the city of Lordegan, according to the Fars news agency. A member of Iran’s security forces was also killed overnight during protests in the western city of Kouhdasht, state television reported.
A 21-year-old volunteer member of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed during protests over the Islamic Republic's worsening economic situation, authorities said Thursday. Iran's civilian government has until now struck a conciliatory approach to the initially shopkeeper-led protests while warning demonstrators not to plunge the country into instability.